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by Caroline Lawrence (Author)
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  • Paperback: 212 pages
  • Publisher: Orion Childrens; New Ed edition (6 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842556061
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842556061
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It's August, AD 81. Presumed dead by their families but wanted by unknown authorities, Flavia and her friends feel very far from home. News of more kidnappings in Italia reach them, and when they discover one of Miriam's twins is among the missing, the four detectives set out for Halicarnassus in the Roman province of Asia. Here they find the countryside is full of prophets who heal the sick and cure the lame - or are they merely tricksters and villains in disguise? Once again, the detectives' loyalties are tested as they are confronted with hopes for the future and grim legacies of the past . . .


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Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She has been awarded with the 2009 Classics Association Prize for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics'.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Prophet, 3 Feb 2009
This review is from: The Prophet from Ephesus: Roman Mystery 16 (The Roman Mysteries) (Hardcover)
This new book from Caroline Lawrence is once again quite an accomplishment. It goes back to previous themes including the Colossus of Rhodes. The book charts the trek across Asia of Flavia Gemina and co to find missing children,taken by a not so evil slave dealer and his bodyguard, and along the way they encounter christianity in its early days. The flowing book is sown with intresting facts yet does not bore you. Will the children ever be the same again? find out by reading the book.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Prophet From Ephesus, 29 Jan 2009
By Boudicca (Great Britain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Prophet from Ephesus: Roman Mystery 16 (The Roman Mysteries) (Hardcover)
The Prophet From Ephesus is the latest book in the Roman Mysteries series, and is the penultimate one. It is an outstanding read, full of wonder, suspense and surprise. The book is set in Halicarnassus, the Roman province of Asia, and the four friends are once again solving a mystery. Not only have hundreds of children been kidnapped, but Jonathan's nephew is also among the taken. They set out on a journey to find them, meeting mysterious characters on the way, including prophets and slave-dealers. With this main plot, there are many sub-plots cleverly woven in, and the book has a surprising ending. Altogether, this is an amazing book, and I am sad that there is only one more book to come!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Almost complete surprise, 12 Feb 2009
By Richard Campbell "RichSC" (Alexandria, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prophet from Ephesus: Roman Mystery 16 (The Roman Mysteries) (Hardcover)
This series evolves with the maturity of the four protagonists. Carolyn Lawrence is also maturing with her plots and themes, and this one is a leap up from the previous book in the challenges, experiences and decisions of the four friends. I was not expecting the plot and development twists in this one at all. While one may reasonably doubt that any set of children in the Roman era could ever have had so many experiences and lived to tell the tale, the settings and culture they pass through always ring very true. I would have liked for the friends to have spent more time in some of the places; Flavia would have been a natural in the library of Alexandria, for example; could she have become one of the great librarians? (maybe she'll travel back there in the future)
While these look like children's or young adults books I long ago recommended them to my friends also interested in Roman history and culture.
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